{"id":673041,"date":"2026-01-04T09:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T09:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/673041\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T09:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T09:54:16","slug":"cheaper-off-peak-parking-plan-in-calderdales-happy-valley-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/673041\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheaper off-peak parking plan in Calderdale&#8217;s Happy Valley town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last April, just weeks after the council brought in a number of increases,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0qz35zp94jo\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> many business owners and residents signed a petition<\/a> in opposition to the policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The on-street parking spaces were described as &#8220;premium&#8221; by the authority, the reason given for the previous rise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A notice to change the fees is expected to be advertised later this month, which will confirm the exact start date for the changes, a council spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Keith Butterick, Mayor of Hebden Royd Town Council, said the organisation had campaigned to get parking costs reduced and he was delighted it had &#8220;secured a positive outcome. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;This demonstrates that a constructive partnership between town and district councillors can produce beneficial results for the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Calderdale Council said the reduction had been brought in in recognition of people parking on the streets for short visits to the town, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/lnp\/ldrs\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last April, just weeks after the council brought in a number of increases, many business owners and residents&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-673041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115836227613361578","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}